Vehicle construction



Sept, 13,1938. J R H 2,130,066

VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION I Filed Nov. 20, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. 13, 1938. J BU H 2,130,066

VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION Filed NOV. 20, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 13, 1938 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION John Burgh, Denver, 0010.

Application November 20, 1936, Serial No. 111,936

2 Claims. (01. 280-106) This invention aims to provide a novel vehicle I are joined in a like manner to correspondinglyconstruction in which the framework of the veshaped rear fenders 3. hicle is combined with the running boards, the On the inner edges of the running boards I fenders and the bumpers, to afford great strength. there are upstanding flanges 4 (Figs. 7 and 3),

5 A further object of the invention is so to conwhich may be denominated inner flanges. The 6 struct the device that the ends of the bumpers rear ends of the inner flanges 4 are connected as on one vehicle will not hook into and interlock shown at 40 in Fig. 4. to the inner walls of the with the ends of the bumpers on another verear fenders 3, the rear ends of the inner flanges hicle. The invention aims, moreover, to supply 4 being connected to the inner walls of the rear 10 a device of the class described having a minifenders The upwardly-extended inner flanges 10 mum number of joints connected by bolts or 4 have inwardly-extended horizontal lips 5, inother equivalent devices, rattling being done away e ra ly joined (F 4) the r r ends of r with, and there being fewer separate pieces than inwardly-extended ribs 5 0n the lower edges of I heretofor It is contemplated that the heavy the inner walls of the front fenders 2. The rear side bars of the chassis frame may done away ends of the lips 5 may be tapered off toward the 15 with, the heavy metal being carried outwardly inner walls of the rear fenders 3, as shown, for into the fenders, and the fenders and the runinstance at M in The Outer edges of the mng boards being of Strong, one piece com running boards I are supplied with depending Struction wings I (Figs. 3 and 7). The forward ends of the It is within the province of th disclosure to wings 1 merge into the outer walls of the front 20 improve generally and to enhance the utility of fenders 2 (Fig. 3), and the rear ends of the said devices of that type to which the present inven- Wmgs merge Into the outer Walls of the rear tion appertains. fenders.

With the above and other objects in view, which The Inner walls of the rear fenders 3 are will appear as the description proceeds, the in- Heated by a rearwardly and upwardly arched 25 l 3 gs. 1 and 5). The cross piece 8 vention resides in the combination and arrange- Pross plece ment of parts and in the details of construction is located near to the rear ends of the rear fenders hereinafter described and claimed, it being unfi tg gaikfggidi l srg cg nfig gb wrf derstood that changes in the precise embodiment y wardly curved cross piece 9 (Figs. 1 and '7) which h mventlon herem q i y be made may be a channel member (Fig. 2). Adjacent to wltlm g of WP I F the forward ends of the rear fenders 3, the runmg rom t e spmt o e mven ning boards I are connected by a cross piece Ill the alccompfmymg drawmgs: (Figs. 1, 2 and 6). The forward portions of the 1 Shows, 1 9 8101617106 constructed front fenders 2 are joined together by a cross 35 with the mventlon; piece II (Fig. l) which is downwardly arched Fig. 2 IS a bottom p (Fig. 8). The cross piece II may be in the form Fig. 3 is a side elevation; of a channel (Fig, 4) tlld a Se o The ends of the cross piece 9 (Figs. 2 and 7) 40 Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of carry fixed, depending lugs or anchors I2, to 40 Fig. 1; which the rear ends of the front springs F (Fig. F 6 is a CrOSS Section 011 t e e 0 3) are attached. Forwardly-extended brackets Fig. 1; I 4 (Fig. 1) are secured to the ends of the front Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 1-1 of cross piece ll (Fig. 8). The rear ends of the Fig. 1; brackets I4 are forked, as in Fig. 2, to receive the 45 Fig. 8 is a cross section on the line 88 of front ends of the forward springs F of the ve- Fig, 1; hicle. Depending lugs I5 (Figs. 2 and 4) are se- Fig. 9 is a front elevation. cured to the running boards I, near to the for- The device forming the subject matter of this ward ends of the rear fenders 3. The lugs I5 conapplication preferably is made of metal throughstitute places of attachment for the forward 50 out, and comprises parallel oppositely-disposed, ends of the rear vehicle springs R (Fig. 3). Dehorizontal running boards I. The forward ends pending lugs I6 (Figs. 2 and 5) are secured to the of the running boards I are joined integrally and inner walls of the rear fenders 3, within the said firmly to upwardly arched, trough-shaped front fenders. Rearwardly-extended brackets I! are fenders 2. The rear ends of the running boards formed integrally with the depending lugs the 55 lugs I5 being adapted to carry the rear ends of the rear vehicle springs R.

The outer walls of the forward fenders 2 carry fixed projections I8, to which the ends of a strong forward bumper I9 are attached by securing elements 20. Rotatable members 2 I, which may be resilient wheels, or wheels peripherally shod with rubber or other resilient material, are located closely adjacent to the rear ends of the forward bumper I9 and are disposed in slots (Fig. 3) formed in the ends of the bumper I9.

, 2| are journaled on axle pins 23, mounted in the bumper I9.

A U-shaped yoke 22 is attached by securing elements 24 and a filler block (Fig. 4) to the intermediate portion of the front bumper I9. Behind the front bumper I9 is located a reenforcing member 25, the intermediate portion of which is secured at 26 to the filler block 60 of the yoke 22. inwardly extended ends which are secured at 21 to the forward portions of the brackets I4.

The bumper construction at the rear of the vehicle comprises projections 28 secured to the outer walls of the rear fenders 3, corresponding to the projections I8 of Fig. 1. The rear bumper construction is practically like the forward bumper construction and the description may be reduced to a catalogue of parts, wherein the following elements are specified: arched rear bumper 29, securing elements 38, rotatable members 3|, axles 32, yoke 33, filler block I0, securing elements 34, reenforcing member 35, securing elements 36 connecting the intermediate portion of the reenforcing member 35 to the filler block ID of the yoke 35, and securing devices 31 connecting the inwardly-extended ends of the reenforcing member 35 to the rearwardly-projecting brackets IT.

The general construction of the device is such that it will possess great strength, it being possible to dispense with the ordinary side bars of the chassis, the said side bars being replaced by the flanges 4 and the lips 5 of the running boards 1. The fenders 2 and 3 and the running boards I are formed in one piece. The fenders 3 are connected securely and firmly by the cross piece The wheels 7 The reenforcing member 25 has 8, the fenders 2 being connected in a like manner by the cross piece II, and the footboards 4 being connected by the cross pieces 9 and III.

The bumpers I9 and 29 have no projecting ends, and the end of the bumper on one vehicle cannot hook into and interlock with the end of the bumper on another vehicle. The rotatable elements 2I and 3| receive shocks that are taken by the projecting ends of the ordinary fender, and the rotatable members turn on their respective axles 23 and 32 and produce a glancing impact which will inflict no damage on the fenders of either vehicle in a collision, a blow being directed away from the fenders 2, for instance by the rearwardly-prolonged ends of the bumper I9, said ends extending outwardly and rearwardly with respect to the fenders 2, and being connected thereto by the projections I8 and the securing elements 2|].

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a vehicle frame, running boards disposed in approximately parallel relation at opposite sides of the vehicle frame, front and rear fenders joined integrally to the ends of the running boards, cross pieces connecting the front fenders and cross pieces connecting the rear fenders, brackets carried by the cross pieces and having means for connecting the brackets with vehicle springs, bumpers having curved outer ends connected to the fenders, and bowed springs connected intermediate their ends to the intermediate portions of the bumpers, the ends of the springs being connected to the brackets.

2. A vehicle construction embodying fenders having inner and outer walls, a bumper having curved terminal parts extended longitudinally of the outer walls, means for securing said curved terminal parts to the outer walls, a cross piece connecting the inner walls, a curved reinforcing member located within the curve described by the bumper and having its ends secured to the cross piece, and means for securing the intermediate portion of the reinforcing member to the intermediate portion of the bumper.

JOHN BURGI-I. 

